Georgia Navigator Cup 2025
Georgia Orienteering Club
NATIONAL RANKING EVENT

Embargo Information

  • Red Top Mountain State Park south of Iron Hill Parking Lot -- embargoed as of June 1, 2024
  • Sweetwater Creek State Park, entire park -- embargoed as of June 1, 2024

Friday - Sunday, Jan 17-19 -- Sweetwater Creek State Park - Model Area

TBD

Friday, Jan 17 -- Red Top Mountain State Park - Iron Hill Parking Lot

  • Middle Distance National Ranking Event
  • One-day, individual event
  • Awards for OUSA National Ranking Event classes

Saturday and Sunday, Jan 18 & 19 -- Sweetwater Creek State Park

  • Classic Distance National Ranking Events
  • Awards for all OUSA classes based on 2-day combined times
  • National Championship awards for all OUSA Masters classes based on 2-day combined times
  • SE Interscholastic Championship awards for individuals and teams

Monday, Jan 20 -- Sweetwater Creek State Park

  • Mal Harding Extreme-O
  • Limited to 75 participants
  • Long (approx 10km) and short (approx 5km) courses offered
  • Great fun for 2- or 3-person teams, but may be done solo
    • If you expect to be part of a team, be prepared to come with a team NAME and the E-stick number to be used.
    • E-stick punching is required. If you have an e-stick rented from GAOC, please be prepared to return it at download after the Extreme-O.
  • Patterned after a three-day military competition held in a member NATO country each year
  • Different map styles - orienteering, USGS quad, aerial photos may be used
  • Mud, water and crawling are traditional
  • Puzzles and mazes have been included too
  • Mandatory Extreme-O meeting to be held Sunday, after the awards, at the Group Shelter
  • Previous Extreme-O photos courtesy of our friends at Vulcan Orienteering from 2018 and 2022